May 5, 2008...8:37 pm
The Daily Habit: Sports
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Pizza Pie in LeBrons’ Eye- Pizza maker Poppa John’s apologized for making t-shirts that ridiculed the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Papa John’s printed t-shirts that featured the Papa John’s logo and had the word “Crybaby” and James’ No. 23 emblazoned on it. “At Papa John’s, we’re huge fans of Cleveland, the Cavs and LeBron James,” the company said in a statement to the newspaper. “Everyone wins, and we wish the same for the Cavs and LeBron through the playoffs” (Sports: Pizza Pie). The shirt was printed after Washington Wizards center Brendan Haywood mocked James, saying that he was crying and complaining about hard fouls in the Eastern Conference first-round series, won by the Cavaliers in six games. To make up for hurting James’ feelings the company will sell customers in its Cleveland-area restaurants a large one-topping pie for 23 cents, the report said. The report also said Papa John’s will donate those 23 cents from every pizza - plus $10,000 - to the Cavaliers Youth Fund. Fans at the Verizon Center all wore the shirts during the Wizards’ 105-88 loss in Game Six on Friday. Blocking out the mockery, James scored 27 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists for the Cavaliers in that contest. Papa John’s didn’t want to alienate the cry baby James, who is one of the NBA’s biggest stars and one of its most marketable faces. Aw, too bad. Somebody hurt poor LeBron’s delicate feelings. Wise up man, and grow some balls for Christopher’s sake. Your supposed to be the next big superstar in the NBA so why don’t you quit crying and focus on choking in the playoffs, again. You’ve been compared to Michael Jordan but you’re acting like Michael Jackson. Get some tissue from Tito and shut your pizza pie hole pal.
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